GreenGeeks shared hosting review
Normally, I do not like to write reviews about hosting providers but I make an exception this time. GreenGeeks.com has its marbles together in terms of performance and like DreamHost, it does its bit to reduce carbon emissions, which I think is important. When asked about their 300% Wind-powered claim, support told me this:
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S3 Amazon public content in danger of being hacked
All S3 Amazon account holders should be aware that there are hacker scripts around that scan for public content in S3 buckets. Amazon has warned all account holders if they have public buckets. Reading public content is quite easy since public files are readable to everyone. But what does that actually imply and what can [...]
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NaturalReader: voice-over software that does the talking for you
You don’t like your own voice on recordings, yet you cannot afford or have no time to hire a professional voice-over? Here is wonderful software that almost gets it right: NaturalReader. This software turns text into speech with voices that are way more sophisticated then any speech software of your Operating system. It is available [...]
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Sponsoring independent movie makers: Rhett Lynch
There are many talented movie makers who will not get into Hollywood or Bollywood, often because their movies are not mainstream enough or they do not want to follow the typical paths outlined by big film studios. Thanks to the internet and social media, indie movie makers can find sponsoring for their projects via the [...]
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How to Embed Streaming Video & Audio with HTML5 Fallback – using JW Player 5.6
JW Player 5.6 is a Flash video/audio player created with Adobe Flex which has the capability to switch to HTML5 fallback mode if a non Flash browser is encountered. In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to download and install JW Player and how to embed video and audio from S3 Amazon/CloudFront, making [...]
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How to encode a video simultaneously for web, iPhone, iPad, iPod & other handheld devices using HandBrake
You want to ensure that everyone, or at least most people can watch your video? Then you have to create a video that works on the web and mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and other handheld devices. This is not evident and you may count on it that being compatible with these [...]
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JW Player: who is behind it? Who is Jeroen Wijering?
Who is Jeroen Wijering, the creator of the industry standard JW player? What is his relationship with Longtail Video Solutions? This trailer to the documentary video from PictureThis.tv gives you an insight into the history of the most famous video player on the web. Many people see this player daily at work without even knowing [...]
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S3 Amazon and DreamHost: a perfect marriage
By placing all heavy files on S3 Amazon/CloudFront, you only need a lightweight solution like DreamHost for your site itself. That way you have the best of both worlds. Both services are very cheap and easy to deal with. In the past, I had my doubts regarding DreamHost and indeed, playing video or audio from [...]
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How to switch from low resolution video to HD – part 2
In this part, which is meant for S3 Amazon account holders, we are going to focus on streaming video. Streaming has a lot of advantages, which are explained in S3 Streaming video with CloudFront. One extra perk not discussed in that article is important: when you use HD switching, the HD video picks up where [...]
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How to switch from low resolution video to HD automatically – part 1
In this article, I’ll show you how to switch automatically from a low resolution video to HD video on your site. Standard, the low resolution version will play and when the visitor hits the full screen button, the HD video takes over. HD switching can work on any site, whether it is a WordPress, Joomla, [...]
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Fantastic camera work: Voices from the Field
In August 2010, myself and two other film students went to Africa to make a film for the non-profit Project Concern. I went through a lot making this film — it was a difficult first film, and a mesmerizing experience. ( John X. Carey ) Voices from the Field from John X. Carey on Vimeo. [...]
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How to improve quality of video tutorials on YouTube
When you upload a 800×600 screen capture video tutorial to YouTube, the quality deteriorates so badly that texts in the video are hardly readable. The reason is that YouTube regards everything smaller then HD video as a free license to shrink the video to a resolution of 480 pixels wide. Viewing it full screen doesn’t [...]
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Converting video to streaming MP4 for S3 Amazon with AVS Video Converter
Some video converters do not get it right when converting video to MP4 to stream on S3 Amazon/CloudFront. Especially the cheaper converters like AVS Video Converter for Windows tend to have problems. Luckily, there is a trick to fix this problem. Here you find a video tutorial on how to get the correct settings from [...]
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Streaming HD Video test on S3 CloudFront
It is a while ago since I did a test with an HD video on S3 Amazon, so I thought this might be a good moment to go for it again. As we all know, HD video on video services like YouTube, Vimeo and others play reasonably well, although they inevitably stutter at some point. [...]
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Going West – a stunning video by Line Andersen
Marvelous video commercial for the New Zealand Book Council which showcases the narration and animation of a book called Going West by Maurice Gee. The video is created by Andersen M Studio. This is a stunning piece of work and each aspect of the video is worked out incredibly well. “Where Books Become Alive” indeed. [...]
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